Los Angeles history

A Symposium of Drinking

January 31, 2010 | 4:00
am

“Oh, Man!” by Clare Briggs.

Jan. 31, 1920: “Mr. Thorkildsen was a lavish host. When pressed to state how much was drunk at the Thorkildsen home, one witness put it at 24 quarts of Champagne and numerous glasses of Scotch highballs and other liquors in one evening.”